Chapter 205 Five Tigers

"The enemy attacks, the enemy attacks! The pseudo-Zhen Nanwang appeared in the south, and the general manager of the puppet Qing army recognized the flag! The general strength was unknown!"

"The enemy attacked, and the fake Xuanrang King, the fake Luzhou magistrate, and the fake Ningzhou Daluhuachi recognized the flag. The total strength of the total troops was unknown. It was estimated that it was between 40,000 and 60,000!"

"The enemy attacked, and a group of people who were surrounded by yellow turbans appeared in the northeast."

The scout followed closely and relayed the enemy situation around him to his chief.

"Route, array! Hurry up and order your brothers to train the train! Hurry up and let the fleet dock and add up the cannons!" When the old Jinshi Lu Lu heard this, he immediately pale his face and stammered.

"Come here, send Lu Changshi to the ship!" Zhu Bashiyi glanced at the old Jinshi and whispered a low order.

"Yes!" Immediately, several personal guards rushed forward, grabbed Lu Luzeng's reins and walked towards the canal. The old Jinshi, who was so scared that his legs could not be stretched, refused to leave, turned his head and continued to shout at the top of his lungs, "No, don't worry about me. Hurry up, quickly prepare for battle. Ambush, we were hit by someone else's ambush."

"Take Lu Changshi away!" Zhu Bashiyi waved his hand and added helplessly, "Don't let him shout again. If you shout again, just block his mouth!"

"Woo!" Lu Lu once was afraid of embarrassment and did not dare to shout loudly. He looked at Zhu Bashiyi's eyes, but was full of anxiety.

The personal soldiers ignored his anger and continued to pull the war horses toward the riverside. Obviously, Lu Luzeng's old habits were again. This old man's eyes and knowledge were all first-class, and his power and skills should not be underestimated. The only fatal flaw was stage fright. Usually doing sand table deductions, few people in the entire Huai'an army were his opponents. But if they really went to the battlefield, no matter how many commanders under Zhu Bashiyi's tent, they could even abuse the old man without any temper.

After quickly summarizing the current enemy situation, Zhu Bashiyi took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice, "Blow the horns and order the Fourth Army to form a formation on site and resist the enemy in the south. The Fu Youde army's Fu's unit pushed the eastward forward to form a formation of one hundred steps and supported each other with the Fourth Army. The Fourth Army moved closer to Fu Youde's unit and lined up side by side with the latter. Mao Gui's unit stayed in place to protect the tail wing of the entire army. Other troops gathered toward me together!"

"Yes!" Xu Hongsan agreed loudly, pulling out the order flags on the horse's back one by one, and sending them to several commanders like flowing water. The commanders immediately urged the war horses and ran towards their respective targets with the command flags high. The trumpeters in the army raised twelve huge cow horns, turning the order into a sound of horns, and spreading them out in batches.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo----"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo----"

The sound of the trumpet was like a dragon roar, which quickly spread across the east bank of the canal. Hearing the sound of the horns from the central army, the soldiers of the Huai'an army, who were originally a little nervous, immediately settled down quickly. Under the leadership of the troupe commander, Dutou, company commander, and battalion commander, they lined up and walked towards their respective destinations calmly. After seeing the actions of the Huai'an army, other allies gradually settled down and began to move their positions and adjust their formations according to the arrangements of the military orders, preparing to welcome the fierce battle that was about to begin.

"Yeah!" Zhu Bashiyi nodded with satisfaction and quickly issued the second round of orders, "Transfer to the First Army, and ask them to hand over Huang Laoer's artillery regiment to the unified command of the Fourth Army. The other two regiments will be the chief reserve team beside me. The orders will be sent to General Manager Guo and Governor Sun, and ask them to take the Haozhou Army and Dingyuan Army to retreat to the river bank and stand by with the First Army!"

"Yes!" Another wave of commanders agreed loudly, took the general's flag, and rode his horse to several teams that had just been touched by Zhu Bashi. A brother from a battalion, under the command of the brigade commander Xu Hongsan, quickly pulled out the iron pipe, steel bowl buckles and wooden boards from the baggage truck, and combined various accessories together according to the steps that he had already mastered the rolling pipes.

As the most widely used construction auxiliary tool in later generations, the combination speed of bowl-mouth scaffolding was astonishingly fast. In the blink of an eye, a command platform more than 100 feet high appeared on the east bank of the canal. The commander of the Guards Brigade Xu Hongsan climbed up the rope ladder first, held the flagpole tightly with both hands and shook it hard, "Hulala!", and a scarlet battle flag appeared on everyone's heads.

"My Huaian Army is mighty and mighty-!"

"Revolutionary Army! Revolutionary Army, mighty!"

Seeing General Manager Zhu's flag rising in the air behind him, Huai'an soldiers immediately opened their voices and made waves of violent cheers. The sounds stirred back and forth along the two sides of the canal. Soon, several nearby friendly troops were also infected, and they also opened their voices to join the grand rhythm, "General Manager Zhu, Wei-Wu!" "Huai'an Army, good!" "Red Turban Army, Red Turban Army, Majestic!"

Amid the cheers of landslides and tsunamis, Zhu Bashiyi slowly climbed up the control platform along the rope ladder. From a high point, he could clearly see the enemy troops approaching rapidly from the south, east and northeast. Each of them was quite large in size. Judging from the smoke and dust raised high, the total strength of the enemy's army probably exceeded 100,000.

The battle of 100,000 people was actually so quickly that I caught up with it! I was still ambushed by the enemy! Zhu Bashiyi took a deep breath and held the right hand at the hilt of the killer knife, trembling slightly.

If you are not nervous at all, you are pretending to stabilize the morale of the army. However, after so many times between life and death, his heart and nerves have become extremely thick and will never be confused because of nervousness. Just a few quick glances, you will also shout, "Tell me the gun-raising battalion of Lian Laohei, let them go to Fu Youde's side to strengthen the firepower of the friendly forces. I will send the order to General Manager Mao, and the enemy army from the northeast will be completely handed over to him. After the war begins, I will not interfere. The east and south lines must always maintain contact with the central army, accept the command of the central army, and do not do it by myself. The drummer, beat the drums and invite the enemy to fight, and ask the enemy to release the horses!"

The deafening sound of war drums quickly rang on the riverside, mixed with dragon-like horns. The enemy troops rushed over from the south, east and northeastern directions paused for a moment, and then accelerated forward like an angry bull. The people and war horses stepped on the smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun.

"Huh--!" Zhu Bashiyi breathed a long sigh and continued to scan the entire battlefield on the command platform. The enemy's chief general was a veteran in using troops, so he set up an ambush on the road that the coalition forces had to pass to Yangzhou in order to achieve his contribution. However, the unique terrain in Huainan area slightly reduced his strategic effect. The too flat landform made the scouts sent by Zhu Bashiyi discover traps in time. The ditches and ponds of all sizes seriously slowed down the enemy's march speed, making it difficult for them to advance to the coalition forces within half a stick of incense and launch a fierce attack in time.

"Transfer to each team. After the auxiliary soldiers hand over the weapons and armor to the combat soldiers, they immediately retreated and lined up to watch the battle!" Since the enemy had not yet advanced, Zhu Bashiyi could continue to adjust the deployment calmly. "Transfer to each artillery regiment, arrange the artillery in groups in advance, and pay attention to maintaining the continuity of firepower when shooting. Transfer to the navy, so that they can quickly drive to the flank of the Fourth Army, provide firepower support to Wu Ershiyi, and seize the fighter jets by themselves according to the actual situation on the battlefield!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo--" The sound of the horn came from around him, becoming clearer and calmer.

After roughly lined up the baggage trucks in front of the soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers quickly left the front line under the command of their respective brigade commanders. The entire coalition array immediately became clear. From south to north, the fourth army of Huai'an, Fu Youde's troops of Xuzhou army, the Fifth Army of Huai'an, and Mao Gui's Mengcheng army, all of which were more than 20,000 elite troops, formed a discontinuous arc, and together with the canal behind them, aimed at the enemy troops rushing from the south, east, and northeast directions like an unopened horn bow. Inside the horn bow, in addition to the more than 30,000 auxiliary soldiers who were retreating to the canal, there were also the First Brigade of the First Army, the Guard Brigade, and all the forces under the command of Guo Zixing and Sun Deya. Together, they acted as a reserve team and were ready to go forward to provide support to the front line at any time.

Looking down from the command platform, although the movements of the entire coalition were a little messy, each team was prepared very calmly. The enemy was still two miles away, and the coalition formation had basically been unfolded. Under the command of the gang leader and Dutou, the soldiers quickly took out their armor from the rooster bus, helped each other and hung them on their bodies. The musketeers bit the paper bag, poured the gunpowder into the muzzle, and then calmly stuffed the first lead bullet, carefully pressing it with the strip and compacting it.

"Continue to build, connect the place one meter long, and then set up a row of steps! In this way, someone comes to the chief executive to report the situation of the battle and runs directly along the steps!" Near the podium, there are still hundreds of guards who are busy. They continue to combine iron pipes, bowl links, and wooden boards to make the scale of the podium continue to expand and become more and more convenient to use. It is as if the rolling smoke and dust stomping on the enemy in the distance has nothing to do with them, and everyone is doing it calmly.

"This situation seems to have been mentioned when Lu Changshi was deducing the sand table!" Chen Ji, a military officer, stood under Zhan's banner and muttered to civilian staff such as Ye Dexin in a low voice.

As the first batch of winners of the imperial examinations, they all obtained a considerable official position in Zhu Bashiyi's shogunate. However, given the special operation method of the Huai'an Army, the things they learned before were very limited. Therefore, in order to keep up with the overall pace of the Huai'an Army, everyone had to seize every opportunity to enrich themselves, so as not to be left behind if they were not careful and become bystanders of the entire era.

"It's indeed mentioned!" A young army member named Robben responded in a trembling voice.

"Indeed, Hu Tongfu once said that as long as the scout is used properly and his brothers can calm down, it is difficult to ambush in Lianghuai!" Other staff members and civilian staff agreed in hoarse voices.

The fanatical atmosphere at the moment made the adrenal hormone concentration surge in each of them. The brain's speed also increased exponentially. What you see and hear when attending meetings and sand table deductions, and many things you can't understand are verified with the scene in front of you, and quickly become extremely clear.

The two Huaihei areas, especially along the canal, have wide terrain and ditches, which seriously restrict the performance of cavalry. The winter in this area is too cold and humid, which doubles the incidence and mortality rate of war horses. Therefore, the battle between the two "local" armies is definitely infantry against infantry. Cavalry can only appear in a small number and elite capacity, and the most application is to act as scouts and pass commands on behalf of the main general.

The distance between naked sight of a person is usually ten miles away on the flat ground. Some people with particularly good eyes can even see targets sixteen miles away. Therefore, on a relatively flat battlefield, scouts can easily find enemies four or five miles away. Infantry without armor, it takes at least a quarter of an hour to complete a three-mile journey. Therefore, the actual situation on the battlefield is just as Lu Lu Zeng and Hu Dahai expected, as long as the ambushed party can calm down and ensure that they are not in chaos. The ambushers will find it difficult to seize the opportunity. They can only have a dignified duel like the two sides agreed on the time and place in advance, and each with their own strength.

While he was speaking, several teams ordered to assemble to the central army had already arrived at the command stage. Sun Deya was ashen with a blue face and panting as if he was panting. Guo Zixing ran with sweat, raised his head and bowed to Zhu Bashiyi on the command stage, "General Manager Zhu, I, Old Guo, have been ordered to withdraw!"

"Okay! General Manager Guo and Governor Sun please take their brothers to rest. When something happens later, they will naturally send two people to rescue the ground!" Zhu Bashi, who was watching the enemy's movements, nodded and responded politely. However, he did not count these two new forces in the reserve team at all. The gap in strength is too obvious. If Mao Gui, Fu Youde, Wu Er and others can't stand it, it would be useless to send Guo Zixing and Sun Deya up. It would be better to put it under your nose, so as not to suddenly collapse and disrupt their own positions.

Guo Zixing had no intention of watching the wall. After thinking about it, he continued to shout loudly, "Mr. Zhu, I have a reluctant request here. I hope Mr. Zhu will fulfill his wish!"

"Say!" Zhu Bashiyi frowned and responded patiently. The enemy had advanced within three hundred steps, and the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army and Fu Youde's troops had already finished wearing armor. At this time, he really had no time and energy to waste his talk with the two destined bystanders.

"Guo is not talented and has not trained the kind of tiger and wolf army under General Zhu. But Guo has two thousand personal troops in his hands, which is worth using. Guo handed them all to the General Manager. Please send them at will and don't let them be idle!"

After saying that, he waved his hand hard behind him and greeted loudly, "Zhu Liushisi, Deng Boyan, Tang Dingchen, Wu Guoxing, Wu Guobao, you five come here and greet the Grand Chief Manager. Whenever General Manager Zhu asks you to hit you later, you will go wherever you go. Otherwise, even if the Grand Chief Manager spares you, Guo's knife will never let you go!"

"Yes!" Five big men in Huaixi, who were about the same height, agreed in an ergonomic manner and walked side by side to the under the command platform. They clasped their fists upwards, "We are willing to obey General Zhu's orders, and we will never frown!"
Chapter completed!